Shorter College - Argo Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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citizens of Rome. In this beautiful tract rises a lofty hill upon which the buildings of the college are to be located, and from whi ch the beholder may catch, in every direction, an inspiring view of mountain and plain and river. From its summit a street-car line will link the college with the busy heart of the town, and from here many drive- ways and walks will lead off through copse and dell and open vista, to gateway, lake or nook, or to some favorite broad-branched forest tree. The tennis, basket-ball, golf and hockey fields will all find appropriate homes, and no opportunity will be lacking to give the students the jesthetic culture and moral uplift that comes with beautiful surround- ings, or the health resulting from athletic and out-door exercise. dhe buildings themselves are to he ideal as regards sanitation. comfort, convenience and beauty. The plan that has been adopted arranges, so far, for seventeen large buildings, all constructed in the 17

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All this time the conviction was of the trustees that there must be larger buildings larger grounds. strong in the minds and. to that end. Plan after plan was proposed, discussed and rejected. Finally, in the spring of 1910, they determined that the change should be made, and that the little college that had done such noble work should be transplanted and made to grow and blossom out into one of the great colleges of the land. One large-hearted trustee, Mr. J. L. Bass, donated, as a nucleus for the new site, his beautiful suburban home, consisting of a hand- some residence and thirty acres q.f well-kept grounds, and to this the trustees added, by purchase, one hundred and twenty-five acres more, thus giving the college for its new home one hundred and fifty-five acres of land of surpassing beauty. This transaction was quickly followed by many donations, large and small, from other trustees and 16

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classical Greek or beautiful colonial style of architecture. In the midst of the group will rise the rounded dome of the large central building, in which are to be the auditorium, the library and the admin- istration offices. Grouped about this in symmetrical arrangement are residence halls, all connected plots, to be the various college buildings am by colonnades, the intervening spaces beautified with grass l formal flower beds and sparkling fountains. The entire pile with its classic buildings, its rows of graceful columns and its balustrade. 1 terraces, will crown the hill with majesty, and were the adjacent town an Athens instead of a Rome, the spot might well be called The Acropolis. In the construction of the buildings careful and practical heed has been given to all matters affecting the health, comfort and wholesome pleasure of students as well as to the promotion of growth and development — intellectual, aesthetic and moral; for the college holds that no girl can do the best work of which she is capable, unless 18